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Minimal permutation representations of the two double covers of Sn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

John Brinkman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Liverpool Institute of Higher Education, Woolton Road, Liverpool L16 8ND
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Abstract

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Let G be a finite group and denote by µ(G) (see [2]) the least positive integer m such that G has a faithful permutation representation in the symmetric group of degree m. This note considers the value of µ(G) when G is a double cover of the symmetric group.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1996

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